Minutr
VOI.. XLV.- NO. 14,01.
PORTIAXD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
-T
SENATOR JOHN H.
IS
is in Balance Between
Life and Death.
SUSTAINS LOSS OF BLOOD
Extraction of Teeth the Imme
diate Cause.
CANNOT STOP HEMORRHAGE
lu Ills Enfeebled Diabetic Condition
the Flow From Wounds In Kis
.Jaw Causes the Physicians
the Greatest Anxiety.
DIt. GIKSY'S STATEMENT AS TO
SENATOR MITCHELL'S
CONDITION.
Dr. A. J. Glesy, one of the consulting:
jihyslclanp, at midnight made the fol
lowing statement:
I was called with Dr, George F. TVil
Fon to go In consultation with the at
tending physicians about 8 o'clock. I
found Senator Mitchell's condition very
Brave. He was then!n a xeml-comatose
state and his mind was wandering more
or less. He recognized me, and I think
that he realized that he was very elck;
but I found him very indifferent to his
surroundings. .Senator Mitchell has been
suffering for many years with a diabetic
trouble. He tiao lately been subjected
to a very heavy mental strain. These
thlnss and his advanced age make It
difficult for him to overcome a trouble
that otherwise might not "prove serious.
The extraction of four teeth today was
followed by xcer slvc.bemorrhaae. After
some hours it was stopped with Fome
difficulty. As It 4s, the Seaaxor In very
greatly weakened. It may be that he
will be decidedly better liwth? morning,
and if he Is I shall hope for favorable
nrogresp; but If he-does not raJljson
diabetic coma may be feared a It
the Senator should rnter'lnto that
tlon. Jt wn-ild 1 fear, be the begiiUtng
of tiw tiw 1 '
At 1 o'clock this morning the SeMter
had n sercre vondtlBjr "pell nail hi
pulc became aIraot imperceptible, but
under the stimulus of hypodermic in
jections he revived Hgaln.
At 2 o'clock thin morning- Senator
.Mitchell vras reported to be jrradually
HlBklBtr.
MITCHELL
At 2 o'clock this moraine Colonel D.
M. Dunne received the follo-nlac tele
Kram from St. Paul:
"Aay chaBKc in father's condition,
wire me immediately
, "JOHN II. ailTCHELL, JR."
Enfeebled by age and long-continued 111
health, and weakened by loss of blood.
Senator John H. Mitchell lies at Good
Samaritan Hospital, his fate In the bal
ance between life and death. His serious
condition is due directly to the flow of
blood caused by the extraction of four
lower teeth yesterday morning. All day
long and during the night the attending
physicians applied all the most powerful
styptics known-to science. In an effort to
stop the hemorrhage, with only partial
success. Although there is a possibility
that he will recover, the doctors unite in
saying that his condition Is very grave
and that the Senator may not live through
the day. If the flow of blood continues
today it is certain that his death is only
the question of a few hours.
Suffers From Diabetes.
For some time Senator Mitchell has
been a sufferer from a diabetic trouble,
and this, together with the severe men
tal strain which has been upon him for
months past, have weakened his vitality
and rendered his system exceedingly sus
ceptible to any tax which is put upon it.
His blood, too, has "become thin and im
poverished, so that it does not coagulate
as that of a person in normal condition.
To these facts is due the persistency of
the hemorrhage and the inability of the
physicians to stop the loss of blood by
the usual means.
Yesterday morning Senator Mitchell
went to the dental office of "Wise Broth
ers in the Failing building to have four
teeth extracted, which had been troub
ling him for some time. The first was
pulled at S o'clock and as the Senator
was feeling weak he was given time to
rest between each operation, jto anacs-'
thetics were administered by Dr. "V. A.
Wis, who wan attending, as he consid
ered that Senator Mitchell was not in
condition to stand them. The first three
teeth gave little trouble and did not
cause a greater loss of blood than is
usually the case. When the last one was
extracted, however, a hemorrhage followed
which could not be stopped by any of the
usual remedies. Dr. Wise stated that the
flow of blood was more persistent than
in any previous case he had ever exper
ienced. .Doctors Work on Case.
Dr. Wise worked upon the case for an
hour and then seeing that the flow of
blood was unabated and that his patient
was becoming weak, called to his assist
ance Dr. Emil Pohl who has offices upon
the same floor of the Failing building.
Together they attended Senator Mitchell
In the office of Dr. Wise for nearly three
hours. Every styptic at. their disposal
was applied, but the bleeding continued
and it was decided to remove the Sena
tor to the Good Samaritan Hospital.
At the hospital Uie efforts to stop the
loss of blood, through which hi life was
slowly ebbing away, were continued. Be
sides Dr. Pohl. he was attended by Dr.
James O. C. Wiley. Dr. A. J. Gicsy and
Dr. George F. Wilson. Trained nurses
were constantly beside him and every
thing possible was done to relieve his
condition. Adrcnylin and many other
styptics were applied, but the hemorr
hage" continued forming during the re
mainder of the afternoon and through
the night. 'The "flow of blood was not con
tinuous, but came at intervals and at
every additional loss his condition grew
more critical.
Use Saline Infusion.
It was finally found necessary to ue
transfusion, the injection of a valine so
lution into his veins to furnish more
fluid for the system and stimulate the
sluggish circulation. This would bring
temporary relief, but his vitality segued
to be slowly sinking up to an early "hour
this morning and his death may take
place at any time.-
Condition Most Serious.
Senator Mitchell is past his 70th year,
and this fact, more than any other,
renders his condition serious. If he were
a. young man he no doubt would recover,
but age and a- weak constitution, due to
diabetic complications. render Ids
chances of surviving the ordeal, exceed
ingly few. At best It will be many" months,
his physicians assert, before he can re
gain his health.
As Senator Mitchell lay on his bed at
the hospital last night, he was in a semi
conscious state. At times his mind wan
dered and he was unable to recognize his
attendants and mumbled unintelligible
words, At other times he would be etlsj
tlrely oblivious to his surroundings and
pay no attention to the acts of those
about him. Whether this condition was
due to complete lapse of consciousness or
simply to extreme weakness, could not be
determined. His features were verv
white as though the shadow of death was J
aireaay upon uiem. Shortly before mid
night he had another hemorrhage, which
rendered his condition still more critical.
Dr. Pohl, who was the first physician
called to attend Senator Mitchell, said
last night:
"I regard the condition of Senator
Mitchell as very serious and believe there
is Immediate danger. If the bleeding con
tinues tomorrow, he will not live through
the day. if he were young he would
probably recover, but age and his other
complications work against him. If he
does regain his health. It will only be
after months of extreme weakness.
Senator Mitchell's Recent Life.
When Senator Mitchell severed his re
lation with his former law partner. Judge
A. H. Tanner, he formed a law partner
fillip with Allen R. Joy, with offices In
the Columbia building. Even before his
trial. Senator Mitchell began to drop out
of public light. During the trial he took
up quarters In West Park street, but
later moved to the Oregon Hotel, and re
cently to the East Side. Kinm t,
jgition be has not been frequently seen
j!2Vbe streets. Jfcwas an old man when
c wm, ina)ctea and tried, but on the
night that the Jury brought In the ver
dict of guilty he showed the flight of time
more plainly than ever. With faltering
steps he left the courtroom that night,
and since then when he appeared on the
streets he seemed more bent and aged
than ever.
Senator Mitchell took the disgrace
which fell upon him in his declining
years keenly, yet not a. word of complaint
or protest was ever credited to him In
public utterance. What his feelings
were, he might have told to the few
friends who still clung to him. He might
have discussed with them what his future
plans were, but if he did they never be
came bruited about. Perhaps what hurt
the Senator as much as anything was
the way his former friends drifted awny
from him long before his trial began.
During his trial this was painfully no
ticeable. In the years gone by he could
not have walked a city block without
being stopped countless times and greeted
by political and personal friends, yet dur
ing the long trial only a few of the vast
army of friends which had been his, ex
tended the handclasp of undying faith
and day after day he came and passed
along the streets and Into, the courtroom
accompanied only by his son and legnl
counsel. Even his bitterest enemies noted
this and pitied him. .Men who had not
spoken to Senator Mitchell for years,
men who had political differences with
him saw this and were sorry and no
longer held aloof, but shook him by the
hand when they ret him.
Since the departure of his son, Jbhn
H. Mitchell. Jr., who was his constant
companion during the trial. Senator
Mitchell's life has been more lonely than
ever. Only once or twice has he ap
peared In public. He attended the din
ner given to James J. Hill, the railroad
magnate, and this -was about his last
public appearance. He has spent his
time between his offices in the Colum
bia building and his East Side boarding
house. Xo Relatives Are Near..
None of Senator Mitchell's family are
in Portland. Senator Mitchell has two
sons living. John H. Mitchell. Jr., and
Hiram E. Mitchell, a lieutenant in the
regular Army, stationed in New York.
Mrs. John H. Mitchell lives In Paris with
her daughter, the Duchess de Rochefo
cauld. Another daughter lives at Can
ton. O. Judge W. O. Chapman, of Ta
coma. is the Senator's son-in-law, his
wife having died last May of appendi
citis. ADRIFT AND HELPLESS.
Japanese Transport In Danger With
a Thousand Troops.
CHEFOO. Dec. S. (1 P. MO-Two Jap
anese army officers, who arrived here In a
lifeboat, report that the transport Jinsen.
which left Dalny for Japan two days ago
with 1000 troops and 330 horses aboard,
broke her propeller between Shantung
promontory and the Corean coast and is
now adrift. The two officers embarked In
a lifeboat and came to Chefoo to seek as
sistance. The Japanese Consul here has tele
graphed for a man-of-war to rescue the
helpless vessel. Some British officers are
on board the transport.
Argue Ballot-Box Case Monday.
ALiBAXy. X. T.. Dec. ".The Court of
Appeals today fixed upon next Monday for
the argument of the appeal la the New
York baUot-bx cxjks.
JEROME ON TRAIl
OF BIG GRAFTERS
Eager for Receipt of Report of
Insurance Investigating
Committee.
HARPER HAS DEATH GRIP,
Widow ilia s Drawn Commissions of
S134.000 In Tcn Years Slate .
Insurance Clerk on Mutual
Reserve Payroll.
XEW YORK. Dec. 7. Attontlon was
directed to the probability .of criminal
action growing- out of the'j Investiga
tion of life insurance methods by a
visit paid by District Attorney- Je
rome to the legislative committee
while It was holding Its heating in the
City Hall today. Mr. Jerome said that
he wanted to find out when he could
get possession df a. copy of the re
port of the committee. Chairman-Armstrong
already has said that he hopes
to have it ready for the Legislature
when It meets next January.
Counsel for Thomas F. Ryan, who
bought the James H. Hyde stock of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society,
conferred with Charles E. Hushes,
counsel for the committee, today and
said afterwards that Mr. Ryan is holding-
himself In readiness to testify.
Graft Continues After Death.
One pf the points brought out by
Mr. Hughes In today's hearing: was the
fact that the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance Company had paid 5134.000
to the widow of Edward B. Harper,
former president of that company,
since Mr. Harper's death in 1S95. The
money Is derived from commissions
which Mr. Harper drew on all the, bus
iness written by the company. His
widow, who has since married, con
tinues to receivo the commissions
Incident to this Inquiry. Mr. Hughes
discovered an instance In which JS60O
had been paid to President Frederick
A. Burnbam of the Mutual Reserve
Company. In ISStJ. and concerning:
which Vice-President George D. Ed
redgeof that company, testified that
hiFxnr Nothing. The. bookkeeper,
who made- the payment from a contin
gent fund, said he did not know what
it was paid for.
State Employe Under Salary.
The affairs of the Security Mutual
Life Insurance Company, of Binghamp-
ton. N. Y.. again were under investi
gation today. One of the Interesting
developments was the statement of
President Charles M. Turner that he
had employed a few years ago D. H.
Kcefer, one of the clerks in the office
of the Superintendent of Insurance at
Albany, to act s consulting actuary
of the Security Mutual Company at
51000 a year. For all Mr. Turner knew
he said, the arrangement still is In
force.
It did. not occur, to me." said Mr.
Turner, -that this conflicted with Mr.
Keefcr's duties to the Insurance de
partment." MOVES TO REMOVE M'CALij
Venner A5ks Order to Famish List
of Pollcy-Iloldcrs.
NEW YORK. Dec 7. Clarence IL
Venner applied to Supreme Court Jus
tice Greenbaum yesterday for a man
damus directing John A. McCall. as
president of the New York Life, to
furnish him with a complete list of
the pol!cy-aolders, supplemented, by
their addresses and the amounts of
their policies. The objects bt Vcanra
move is to obtain, proxies to fee
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SENATOR MITCHELL. WHO IS DANGEROUSLY ILL AT GOOD .SAMARITAN I
llOSITTAL. I
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at the election of trustees next April.
His counsel submitted a statement de
claring that there exists sicient dis
satisfaction among the policy-holders
to warrant the election ofsew trus
tees and other officers.
Counsel representing McCMl opposed
the application strenuously' and sub
mitted an affidavit by McCaR.' In whlcb
Venner's motives are attacked. Me
Call in his answer says that the name
and address of a policy-holder are con
sidered confidential matters In an in
surance office, and that Ifaddresses
were given to Venner he Might use
them to the company's disadvantage
and his own personal profit. Decision
was reserved.
j'
3rCALTS EMPHATIC jDEXIAlV
Xot Asked to Jtcsl&n andJU Xot
Resign.
NEW Y-ORK. Dec 7. Reports that
President John A. McCall ofthe New
York Life would soon follow the ex
ample set by George W. 'Perkins In
determining to leave that company at
an early date crystallized yesterday In
a story to the effect that Mr. McCall
would certainly resign before the next
annual meeting in April, and might
place his resignation in the hands of
the trustees .before their meeting next
Wednesday. Mr. McCall himself said
last night that-he had no Intention of
resigning.
T believe that the policy-holders are
for me." he declared. "Nobody has
asked me to resign, and I don't expect
to be asked to resign, nor do I expect
to resign. The resignation of Mr.
Perkins was suggested by Mr. Morgan,
to whom the question of Mr. Perkins
holding his dual position was. referred
when Mr. Perkins entered the firm of
J. P. Morgan & Co. It is solely at Mr.
Morgan's suggestion that Mr. Perkins
is retiring from the New York, Life."
Mr. McCall complained that the
newspapers had treated his testimony
before the Armstrong committee unfairly.
"Wisconsin 3fay Investigate.
MADISON. Wis.. Dec. 7. A Joint reso
lution will be presented In the assembly
tonight, providing for a legislative com-,
ml t tee patterned after the Armstrong
committee In NewiYork, to Investigate
the Insurance companies and public ser
vice corporations doing business la Wis
consin. By terms of the resolution, the
committee is to report to the Governor
by November. 1S05.
The committee will investigate expen
ditures Incurred by corporations In em
ploying legislative and municipal lobby
ists, in making payments for campaign
purposes. In salaries and expenditures of
officers, and in methods of securing- busi
ness. The committee is given plenary
powers.
PREMIUM FOR IMMIGRANTS
Carnegie Says Each One Is Worth
$1000 to Nation.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7. Andrew Carnegie
said today that. If he owned America, he
would give a premium to Immigrants for
coming here. Mr. Carnegiwas speaking
on, tbelmralsrQtlon 'qat-stton before the
NatJoftaTfclvlc Federation, anil said:
I hold that the prime ttl sJ2i the onlr
trt we should exact U this: lias a man
the ambition to enjoy the rights of an Ameri
can clUien a ban be the habits of ibrietr
and frugality 10 nr the ran necrsaary for
him to reach tfcU port? And la be rfclllfal
enough to earn that vorplua? I want no bet
ter testimony than that. If I ovned America.
and was rnnnlsr It u t bnsiners prososSUcn.
I would not coly look for that man. but would
Klve ererjr man of that kind a premium to
come here and coasUer it the boot barxaln I
had ever mad in aiy life.
Taking th valae of a man. woman or child
la thU republic as low as a stare, and that
wa an average of about $lO 50 years axo
and you are tuning -KO.OCO a tat. which
mrans 400.XXO0 ca-h, valoe. Fmib'-jiorc.
every man rbo comes here is a cocynair.
ana W per cent of all the earnings ct even
the most saricr eoea to employ other labor
oi some kind.
It is not purity of blood yon want; it is the
mingling of different bloods that makes th
Amerlcan. Oklahoma Wants Whisky.
"WASHINGTON, Dec 7. Captain Frank
Frantx. who recently was nominated by
the President to be Governor of Okla
homa Territory, today Issued a formal
statement objecting to the incorporation
in th measure providing statehood for
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory of a
prohibition clause. He says that a Ma
jority of the people of both territories Is
opposed to any attempt by Congress to
settle the liquor question.
0les ERglBCcrs May Matlay.
ST. PETERSBURG,- Dec $ fWedaesday).
It Is rumor-4 thl the military wgteeers
at Odcastuarc tiaMaj; lacllsL.
HOUSE PROVIDES
L
Appropriation of $11,000,000
Wins Consent of Both
Parties.
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE BONDS
Williams Wants TreasHry Surplus
TTsed and Exchanges Partisan
Shots With PayneDetailed.
.Reports to Congress.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. An appro
priation of $11,000,000 was voted today
toward the construction of the Panama
CanaL The amount was a compromise
between the J16.500.000 carried in the
bill under consideration and an esti
mate of something over J5.000.000 rec
ommended by Williams, the Democratic
leader, to carry on the work until the
middle of January. Hepburn. In charge
of the bill, suggested that something
over 311.000,000 would carry on the
work until March. There was no In
tention manifest to delay the work,
the only argument for cutting down
the original estimate being that closer
scrutiny might be had of the estimate.
The bill was amended In accordance
with suggestions of Mann, of Illinois,
directing the President to require an
nual reports from canal officers cover
ing all details of the work, requiring
such employes to give Congress any
Information it may desire, and restrict
ing all expenditures, to money appro
priated by Congress and to tha.t re
ceived by the operation of the prop
erty of the Panama Railroad. Other
wise the bill was not amended, and it
contains, besides the appropriation, a
provision removing the tax disability
against the proposed bonds to be issued
for the construction of the canal, thus
placing the bonds on a footing with
other Government bonds, as available
for security for National bank circula
tion and to reimburse the Treasury for
the money appropriated In the bill.
Bond Provision Attacked.
The bond provision In the bill was a
point of attack today. Williams offer
ed several unsuccessful amendments,
all seeking to abandon the policy of
issuing bonds fcr the canal work, on
the ground that there are sufficient
available funds In the Treasury to meet
all needed demands for the canal work.
Ovrstreet did not succeed in amend
ing the bill so that the 510.000,000 al
ready expended in canal construction
might be refunded to the Treasury
from the sale of the canal bonds. The
bond policy of the two parties oc
casioned the feature of the debate and
resulted In limited political discus
sions. Williams Proposes a Cut.
The first amendment was present
ed by Williams. He moved to cut
the appropriation from J15CO,CO) to So,
SSS.33S. stating that he had come to the
conclusion that this latter sum was suf
ficient to meet the needs of the commis
sion to January 15 next.
The amount had been arrived at by
taking the Indebtedness of the commis
sion, which It bad stated was J.500,000.
He had added to this the December esti
mates, amounting to $3.353,333.
The point was made by Tawney (Rep.
Minn.) thatit was Impossible to segregate
from the estimates the liabilities of the
comsusslon dee in December on equip
ment purchased by the commission. It
was contended by Williams that these
supplies were not to be delivered until
June, and payment need not be made until
delivery. Tawney held that payment
might be necessary before dell-very, ac
cording to terms of purchase.
An amendment to that of Williams was
offered by Prince (I1L), making the ap
propriation J10,CO,KO. basing his argument
on the speedy appointment of committees,
which, he said, should take up and make
a careful examination of the estimates
furnished. Prince was of the opinion that
J10,0O).O wae a sufficient sura to meet all
emergency necessities. He also opposed
the Issuance of bonds. He said there was
$!3S,00iO In tha Treasury and VZSfiH.VA
of Government money In National
banks.
Xew York Has Monopoly.
Clark (Dem. Mo.) asked Hepburn if all
or most of the supplies for the canal
were not purchased by the New York
and Washington purchasing agents, al
though other agents were located at New
Orleaas and Tacoma.
Mr. Hepburn bad no Information.
Clark How many ships have we?
Hepburn Five.
Clark Why don't come of them ply be
tween New Orleans and Panama?
Hepburn I cannot say.
Clark What I want to say is that in
my oplnlcn discrimination Is being mads
against all that territory drained by the
Mississippi, and I maintain that cheaper
all-water rater could be made from Pitts
burg by way of New Orleans than by New
York.
Concluding the debate on the pending
amendment. Hepburn opposed cuttiag
down the sum to the amount proposed by
Williams. If it was the temper of the
House to cut down the appropriation,
at least enough money should be made
available to meet all needs to March 1.
He estimated these necessities at 311,
725,000. Afterrejectlng the amount
proposed by Williams. J6.S53.33;. and
the amendment of Prince for J 10,000.
000 the House finally voted for J 11.000,
000, proposed by Bonynge (Colo.).
Opposes RebRsrarsJRg SI 0,688,989.
"A yreriatoo which would operate to re
Ijwbwse the. Tre&attry for the $M.mW9 al
ready efjeaagd ia the construction of the
aaU frM. the sale eC the eaaal wads
was proposed by Overstreet (Rep., Ind.).
Vigorous opposition to this was made
by Williams (Miss.), who emphatically
ejaculated:
Take this step. If you dare. The De
mocracy challenges you. There Is a drop
of water somewhere which will overflow
the cup. What excuse are you to offer the
American people for borrowing money at
2 per cent, when you already have abund
ant funds In the Treasury and deposited
In National banks?"
Payne (Rep.. N. Y.) followed also In op
position to the amendment. This sum had
already been paid, and there was no need
to put It back Into the Treasury.
"We are running pretty close." he said.
"Our receipts and expenditures are about
equaL If this abundant prosperity should
continue to the end of the fiscal year, we
may not have a deficit. But no man or
set of men will ever be able to work out
the revenue problem so as to make the
receipts and expenditures even."
. Necessity of Surplus.
A surplus, he said, was absolutely nec
essary, notwithstanding" the gentleman
from Mississippi, who had been barking
that a long lime, but without attract
ing very much attention from the Ameri
can people.
In arguing for the necessity of
maintaining a surplus In the Treasury.
Payne referred 'to what he contended
was the "possible disaster of Demo
cratic rule," and added that "one of the
cycles of depression, which Mr. Will
lams had often argued about, might
arrive."
Then." interrupted WiUlanw. "I un
derstand that the $51,000,000 surplus in the
Treasury over and above that J75.COO.00O
declared necessary as a working balance
by Treasury officials, and $35,000,000 which
Is on deposit In National banks, with in
terest. Is necessary to guard against a
recurrence of Democratic rule, or one of
Williams cycles."
The amendment was defeated.
An amendment striking out the bonding
provision of the bill was next offered by
WUHams. and was defeated. 107 to 152. '
Williams offered an amendment making
It discretionary Instead of mandatory for
the Secretary of the Treasury to reim
burse the Treasury by the bond sale, for
the amount carried In the bilL This
amendment -was also lost, by S3 to 121.
An amendment giving the Secretary" of
War authority to fortify the canal at
each terminal was offered by Burgess of
Texas, but was lost.
Detailed Itcports Required:
Amendments requiring detailed state
ments of canal expenditures and esti
mates to be furnished to Congress at the
beginning of each regular session were
submitted by Tawney of Minnesota. Fitz
gerald of New York and Mann of Illi
nois. The Mann amendment prevailed.
It provides as follows:
That the President shall annually and at
such other periods as may be provided,
either by law or or hia order, require full
and complete- reports to be made to him by
the persons appointed or employed by him in
charte of the Government of said Canal
Zone, the construction of said Panama Ca
nal and the operation of said Panama. Rail
road, including an itemized account of all
moneys received and expended, which said
reports shalt by the President be tr. is
mltted to Congress. And any of the persons
appointed or employed, by the President In
(Concluded on Page Five.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. 54
degrees; minimum temperature. 43 degrees.
Precipitation. .09 inch.
TODAY'S Generally fair, westerly wind.
Xasi. ,
Mutineers seize whole arsenal and distrib
ute arms. Page 1.
Reds force concessions from Wltte and his
ministers desert him. Page 1.
Financial panic provoked In hope of bank
rupting nation. Page 1.
Mutinies in several big cities and railroad
strike renewed. Page 3.
Constant stream of refugees Into Austria.
Pa 59 5.
Porelgs.
Bebel denounces Kaiser's policy and predicts
end of German autocracy. Page S. .
Campbell-Bannerman will become peer and
Asqulth lead the Commons. Page S.
NatteaaL
House passes Jll.OCO.OOO appropriation for
Panama CanaL Page 1.
Senate passes Tillman's resolution for In
quiry Into campaign contributions by
banks. Page 4.
Hitchcock makes allotment for Irrigation In
Washington. Page 3.
R!dge!ys report on banks and money.
Page 4.
Provision of Senate committee's rate bllL
Dome tic.
Light sentence for men who tried to black
mail Armour. Pago 7.
Unitarians reply to men who excluded them
from church conference. Page .
Ten men killed and many Injured in train
wreck on Union Pacific. Page 3.
All ready to hang Mrs. Rogers, but last
effort for reprieve Is being made. Page 3.
Jerome impatient for evidence In Insurance
inquiry. Page. 1.
Sport.
Watercress, the great stallion, sold for
171.000. Page 7.
Corey fails to beat locg-dluance running
record. Page 7.
Angels win first postseason game .with the
TIgtra. Page 7.
James Roberts, of Portland, wins world's
championship at quoits. Pago 7.
Pacstc Coast,
Wllford X Cram is not yet out of danger
from Prineville assault. Paga ft.
Tacoma. Is wildly excited over charges of
graft In official circles. Page ft.
Alabama is satisfied with direct primary
system, says Mobile County officer.
Pare 6.
Whitman County boys kill valuable livestock
with small rifle. Page 6.
Clerks in Seattle Assay Office made up first
of Adams thefts. Page 6.
Perilous trip over ice fields of Alaska.
Page 3.
Commercial aad Marine.
Method, of -working the flour boycott In
China. Page 15.
Wheat piling up at San Francisco for De
cember contract delivery. Page 13.
St. Paul orders rails for coast extension.
Page 15.
Slump In wheat at Chicago. Page 15.
Stock market struggles with money string
ency. Page 15.
Steamer Tottenham to load lumber at Port
land for China. Page 14.
BarkenttEM James Tufft and schooner Forest
Home added to list of- lumber droghers
beading tor Columbia River. Page 14.
Perilaad aadf Ttcfadty.
Senator John H. Mitchell's life hangs in the
balance at Good Saaaaxitaa Hospital as
the reus It of hemorrhages following ex
traction of teeth. Page L
Dr. Witkycosafee will seek Republican sem
ination for Governorship as a farmer.
Page 10.
General Killfeather talks on, suffrage.
Page IL
Board of Trade demands 40 feet of water
on Columbia, bar. Page 10.
Practical talks oa agriculture given at
Evening Star Grange. Page 11.
Man who killed woman by thrasUng rod
of umbrella through eye Into brain on
trial far murder In second degree. Page
18.
Archbishop Chris-tie received at Rome with
high hoaors. .Page 16.
Mayor Laae called as vitnese 1b poker case.
Page 11.
Proaeeutie Cflelals aad detectives think
Actlac acwafdpal Jadge is tn leatatt
wkk iTfcssisifa. Past 12.
WITTE IMPOTENT
N
TORM
Yields Whenever Reds
Bring Pressure.
RUSSIAN CREDIT ATTACKED
Circulars Used to Aggravate
Financial Panic.
MORE MUTINOUS SOLDIERS
Women of Aristocracy Volunteer for
Postal Service Railroad Men
Strike to .Aid Telegraph and
Postal Employes.
MUTINEERS SEIZE ARSENAL.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec 0. (Via
Eydtkuhnen. Dec 7.) It is alleged
that the strikers are marching In for
mation from the outside towns.
Dispatches published today are said
to have been received by the Coun
cil of Workmen's Delegates- Accord
ing to these dispatches, mutineers
have seized the arsenal at Ekaterino
dar and secured 16,000 rifles, which
have been distributed at Ekaterinodar.
It is also said that a revolt has
broken out at Ellzabethpol. and that
Insurrectionary troops are masters of
the situation at Novorossiysk.
The situation at Kleff Is described
as extremely serious. Some account
ay that a massacre has taken place
In which 1300 persons were killed
,SI- ,PEJERSBG. Dec. 6 (Wednesday
night.)-PubHc confidence in the govern
ment's ability to weather the growing
storm is waning fast. Premier WItte
seems powerless to cope with the elements
of danger. The revolution Is rising on
every hand. New mutinies among the
troops are constantly reported, and the
lawlessness p theuntrj- Is Increasing.
Whenevai?-the-workmen's organization
present united front, as they did last
night, the Premier Is compelled to strike
his colors.
It now appears that comrades of Soko
loff. the railroad engineer of Samara
whose condemnation to death threatened
the country with a general railroad strike,
independently organized the strike on the
Trans-Caspian line from Alexandrovsk
to Tashkend. The Governor-General of
Kurshka, who exercises plenary powers
on the Afghan frontier, without consult
ing with the St. Petersburg authorities,
convened a court-martial and sentenced
Sokoloff to death. The Premier, as a re
sult of the decisive action of the
executive committee of the Railroad Em
ployes' Union In preparing for a general
strike unless the sentence was reversed
before midnight, December 5, was com
pelled to get M. Nemrehaleff. the Minis
ter of Communications, to employ' the
railroad telegraph to force a stay of exe
cution, which fortunately arrived in time.
Had the man been shot, nothing would
have prevented a universal strike. This
danger for the moment has again passed,
but the weapon always hangs over the
head of the government as a threat
against any new arbitrary act.
Attack on Nation's Credit.
The immediate danger confronting the
government is a concerted attack on the
country's credit. The public fear that the
government can be forced to suspend gold
payments increaes dally. This would be
the crowning achievement of the revolt
tlonists, who are satisfied that with the
attending financial crash the whole house
would come tumbling down. The chances
of driving the government into bankrupt
cy, they profess to believe, would be ma
terially Increased if the confidence of
foreign holders of Russian obligations
was undermined and the news that the
French investors, who hold four-fifths of
Russia's Immense foreigin debt, were un
loading, caused considerable Jubilation by
the revolutionists. At the same time, it
created a panic on the Bourse, imperial 4s
falling to 74. The savings banks were
subjected to a run, and at the state bank
a long line of nervous men and women
waited for hours to exchange paper money
for gold. The bank officials did not at
tempt to dissuade them, and exchanged
plies of gold for bills as fast as the latter
were presented.
Both the runs on the banks and demand
for foreign exchange were accelerated by
circulars which the strikers and revolu
tionaries are spreading broadcast.
Small Margin of Gold.
At the Ministry of Finance it is esti
mated that about 5O.O0O.CC4) roubles has
thus far been withdrawn from the State
Bank. The balance of gold in the treasury
and abroad now stands at 95S6.5OO.0OO and
the outstanding paper totals J5o3,G00.000.
leaving the government a margin of
legally issuable paper of about J3O,OCO,00O.
The government perfectly understands
the character of the assault on Its credit.
At the Ministry of Finance the Asso
ciated Press was authoritatively Informed
that the situation of the government has
not greatly changed financially or
-economically.
"All depends." continued the official,
"on political developments. If the govern
ment possessed thrice Its present reserve.
It would not suffice to prevent the present
scare, which, like all habits, must run its
course. But we have ample resources, to
meet our obligations and the present 'de
mands. It Is nonsense to talk of the gov
ernment's defauitlag the January coupons
ACssclaced oa Pas jive.)